Xenix ?

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Sun Nov 11 09:26:14 2001

On November 11, Richard.Sandwell_at_roebry.co.uk wrote:
> I have an Apricot Xen 'mainframe' which is a 286 based msdos generic from
> 1986. Its not ibm compatible. Comically, it does have a copy of Windows V1
> on its disk which runs, well, like all versions of windows ;-)
> Its role was a fileserver for an ms-net network, hence the awful
> 'mainframe' name. I've always been intrigued that there was a port of
> xenix available for this machine - anyone know anything about that, or
> about xenix on a 286 based system in general?

  I ran SCO Xenix 286 on a few 286 systems back in 1988 or so. It was
abyssmal. I don't remember much about it...I think I blocked it
out. :)

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
Received on Sun Nov 11 2001 - 09:26:14 GMT

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